Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,323 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Walter Peyton Manning
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Walter Peyton Manning (1920-1945)
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Maria W. Miller Stewart (1803-1879)
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Mary Elizabeth Branch (1881-1944)
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Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932)

Explore Global African History

Kano, Nigeria
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Kano, Nigeria (7th c.?- )
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(2009) Barack Obama, “A New Beginning Between the United States and the Muslim World”
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Berta Soler (1963- )
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Luanda, Angola (1576- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Innocence Project: A Short History Since 1983
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Telling Secrets, Spying Freedom: A Novel Account of Mary Bowser’s Civil War Espionage
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The African American Experience in Italy, 1852 to 2013
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Organized Labor in the 21st Century: The Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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